Display box



Nov. 5, 1929. L GQLDBERG,` 1,734,621

DISPLAY Box Filed May 23, 1927 Patented Nov. 5, 1929 ISAAC GOLDBERG, OFKANSAS CITY, KANSAS I DISPLAY BOX Application filed May 23,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a box, the

lid raised and the front door or windowopen.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the door and floor of the boxon the line 3--3, Fig. l.

Referring in detail to the drawings:

1 designates the body of a box, comprising the back wall 2, side walls 3and 4, and floor 5 formed preferably of cellular material. The

front of the box is open, the vertical front edges of the side walls 3and 4 having the binding reinforcements 6 of fabric for stiflening andprotection. A door 7 consists of.-.a sheet similar to the body members,in which a sight opening 8 is provided, whereby the integral side edgeportions 9 and 10, the top portion 11 and the bottom portion 12 areproduced, to which the edges of a transparent member 13 may be attachedby suitable means. I prefer to install a thin Celluloid sheet as thetransparent member, though other material may be used, that isrelatively flexible, light in weight, inexpensive, and convenientlyhandled. I prefer to attach the member to the door frame portions bymeans ofgummed strips 14, though the member may be glued directly to theframe portions. The side edges of the door are reinforced in the samemanner as the front edgesof the side walls, with fabric strips turnedover said edges. The door ishingedly connected with the body of the box,by a flexible strap hinge 15 of which one edge is attached to the floorof the box and the other edge to the door. The lower doorvportion isreinforced by a strip 16, preferably formed by inwardly folding asegment back over the door pore 1927. serial No. 193,407.`

tions, thus providing ay groove 17 to receive the lower edge of thetransparent member, and securing the segment, member edge and doorportion together. The strap hinge 15, therefore, will b e attached tothe folded segment. It is immaterial whether the folded segment isbroken from the door element in the process of folding, since thepurpose is to provide the reinforcing strip.

The outside covering of the box material, designated 18, is continuouslyextended from the door over the hinge and the outer surface of the boxfloor as shown in Fig. 3, to .improve the appearance of the box as itstands on a shelf in View of customers.

A lid or cover19 is provided, having the flanges 20. .The lid isseparable from the box, and is designed to hold the downwardly openingdoor shut by positioning to receive and detain the upper edge of theclosed door.

On the side portions 9 and 10 of the door, spaces 21 and 22 are providedfor display of suitable indicia of the contents of the box, the space 21having portions designated for the display of indicia of the characterof articles contained, and the space 22having portions for the displayof indicia of the sizes and numbers of articles of particular lsizescontained.

The boxes are designed for the shelving and display of caps, shirts andthe like. The

particular advantage of the structure con.

sists in the visibility of articles stored in the boxes, and theconvenience with which a lower box in a tier may be opened to provide-access to-any article therein for visual'inspection or for removal. Thelid of a box on which other boxes are .piled may be tilted,

by tilting slightly the boxes above in the tier,

to permit the door to drop open on its hinges. The door is easilyrestored to latched closed position by tilting the lid and superimposedboxes, swinging the door on its hinge, and

lowering the lid.

A box such as described is particularly 4suitable for provision asashipping box, in

which merchandise may be delivered to a' use as a shipping box, sincethe slight additional cost beyond that of a conventional shipping box ismore than compensated by the added advantages and uses. A manufactureror Wholesaler of caps, for example, may prepare boxes containingselections adapted 'for the retail trade of a customer, and the boxl maybe used as a display box by the retailer Without necessity for transferof the merchandise. Such adaptation also promotes accuracy in recordingof stock, through the avoidance of one or .more transfers of merchandisefrom original packages.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a display case of the character described, a box comprising a floor,equal side Walls of equal length with the floor, and a rear Wall, thetop and front of the box being open, a door having a sight opening, atransparent member of relatively thin material having edges extendingover the portions` of the door adjacent the opening, including a loweredge in spaced relation With the lower margin of the door, a reinforcingstrlp attached to the lower edge of the door on the inner face thereof,and extending over the lower edge of the transparent member to bind saidlower edge to the door, means attaching the other edges of the member tothe door, a iiexible hinge attached to the floor and to the reinforcingstrip, and a lid having anges engageable with the Walls and door forlatching the door l in closed position.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature.

ISAAC GOLDBERG.

